Using a PC as an User Interface for a Squeezebox might be fine for some users, as long as your PC is in the same room as your player...
(But if your going to have a PC next to your stereo, why bother with a Squeezebox at all - why don't you just wire your sound card to your amp directly and use your favourite player software ?) Controlling your Squeezebox with your PC just isn't an option for some (most?) users if: - They prefer to have the PC in a different room - They run SlimServer on a headless server - They have a Squeezebox in several rooms As far as I'm concerned SlimServer is purely a music server application to stream music to different rooms in my house from a remote server, and it does that extremely well. A fancy Windows specific front end with added functionality (ripping, tagging, etc...) has no appeal to me as like many other users I run SlimServer on a headless Linux server. It is essential SlimServer keeps it's web base UI so it can be ran and administered remotely on a server. (I'm convinced the future will be running SlimServer on dedicated NAS / Server box rather than having a PC powered up constantly). I currently use my PC only to rip my music and copy them to the server. There are lots of good software packages available to do this, so what benefit would a Windows specific "SlimServer deluxe" have for me? My personal opinion is the effort would be better spent developing a dedicated graphical hand held wi-fi remote (similar to the Nokia 770/800) - surely this would have a far more widespread appeal? Do you think people that use the Sonos system think "...If only I could use my PC rather than that graphical remote..."? -- mick_w http://freespace.virgin.net/mick.webb/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mick_w's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6526 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32104 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
